| |
2-year
|
|
4-year
|
| |
|
Private
|
|
|
Private
|
| Criteria for admission |
Public |
Total |
Not-for-profit |
For-profit |
|
Public |
Total |
Not-for-profit |
For-profit |
|
| Open admissions |
95.4 |
52.4 |
40.5 |
54.9 |
|
13.6 |
20.1 |
13.1 |
43.5 |
| Some admission requirements1 |
4.3 |
40.8 |
57.7 |
37.2 |
|
86.1 |
78.5 |
86.5 |
51.6 |
| High school grades |
2.2 |
7.4 |
25.2 |
3.6 |
|
68.4 |
53.0 |
66.2 |
8.6 |
| High school class rank |
0.2 |
1.6 |
6.3 |
0.6 |
|
28.7 |
16.0 |
20.5 |
0.8 |
| High school record |
4.2 |
35.4 |
55.0 |
31.3 |
|
78.2 |
71.6 |
79.7 |
44.3 |
| College preparatory program |
0.8 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
|
47.1 |
18.8 |
24.3 |
0.5 |
| Recommendations |
0.2 |
6.3 |
23.4 |
2.7 |
|
7.7 |
40.8 |
51.5 |
5.1 |
| Demonstration of competencies2 |
0.2 |
8.4 |
9.0 |
8.3 |
|
6.1 |
11.1 |
10.3 |
13.8 |
| Test scores3 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
12.6 |
1.0 |
|
82.3 |
55.2 |
70.5 |
4.1 |
| TOEFL4 |
3.9 |
12.3 |
27.0 |
9.2 |
|
79.3 |
63.8 |
70.6 |
41.1 |
| Guidelines used for admission decisions |
0.3 |
6.8 |
1.8 |
7.9 |
|
0.3 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
4.9 |
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1 Many institutions have more than one admission requirement.
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2 Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g., portfolios, certificates of mastery, assessment instruments).
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3 Includes SAT, ACT, or other admission tests.
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4 Test of English as a Foreign Language.
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NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2005.
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